Comments on: Expo Eye From The Newbie Guy! http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/ Affiliate marketing news & articles for newbies and pros by Kirsty McCubbin Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: David http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-3931 David Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:53:51 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=194#comment-3931 You obviously enjoyed yourself despite the one "bad" experience. Successful people need to think back to when they were a newbie. They have all had some help with some part of their progression and they should give back to others. David You obviously enjoyed yourself despite the one “bad” experience. Successful people need to think back to when they were a newbie. They have all had some help with some part of their progression and they should give back to others.

David

]]> By: affiliate marketing girl http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-3924 affiliate marketing girl Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:45:08 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=194#comment-3924 I really enjoyed reading both view points, I really wish I had been able to make it, it sounds like it was packed full of information. Will the one in Amsterdam be the same content? I really enjoyed reading both view points, I really wish I had been able to make it, it sounds like it was packed full of information. Will the one in Amsterdam be the same content?

]]> By: Rich Harper http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-3916 Rich Harper Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:58:50 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=194#comment-3916 Wow, thanks for all of the positive comments! I didn't think I'd get this many responses, especially as I just seemed to go on and on in my 'review'! @Chris - I'm pretty sure no one made me drink too, but when you're handed them it's just rude to say no! Thanks once again!! @AffiliateLaunch - Thanks :) @Matt - Thanks for the kind words. Oh, and eastenders is a great... no... bad distraction! @Yefi - I agree, it was a brilliant event and am certainly glad that I went! @Vikki - Ahh I'm sorry to hear I wasn't the only one having problems with the networks then. I think I should've talked to the platform A people, but they were always mobbed at the stand so didn't really get chance to :( @Karen - exactly, they don't know that in 5 years time I could be pushing the same kind of volume as Kieron/Doug/Jamie Harwood, so it's more their loss than mine. There are enough other networks out there to get started with, so it's definitely CJ's loss! @Jason - thanks, it's certainly good to get the opinion of someone who's been in the game for a while! @Judith - I certainly did get some info from your session - thanks Kirsty for suggesting that I go! - and am currently putting it into practice now :) Thanks again for the comments guys. I guess the biggest problem that I have now is that I have so many ideas, and idea overload seems to be really counter-productive! Wow, thanks for all of the positive comments! I didn’t think I’d get this many responses, especially as I just seemed to go on and on in my ‘review’!

@Chris – I’m pretty sure no one made me drink too, but when you’re handed them it’s just rude to say no! Thanks once again!!

@AffiliateLaunch – Thanks :)

@Matt – Thanks for the kind words. Oh, and eastenders is a great… no… bad distraction!

@Yefi – I agree, it was a brilliant event and am certainly glad that I went!

@Vikki – Ahh I’m sorry to hear I wasn’t the only one having problems with the networks then. I think I should’ve talked to the platform A people, but they were always mobbed at the stand so didn’t really get chance to :(

@Karen – exactly, they don’t know that in 5 years time I could be pushing the same kind of volume as Kieron/Doug/Jamie Harwood, so it’s more their loss than mine. There are enough other networks out there to get started with, so it’s definitely CJ’s loss!

@Jason – thanks, it’s certainly good to get the opinion of someone who’s been in the game for a while!

@Judith – I certainly did get some info from your session – thanks Kirsty for suggesting that I go! – and am currently putting it into practice now :)

Thanks again for the comments guys. I guess the biggest problem that I have now is that I have so many ideas, and idea overload seems to be really counter-productive!

]]> By: Judith Lewis 'deCabbit' http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-3911 Judith Lewis 'deCabbit' Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:54:05 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=194#comment-3911 Hi! Glad you had a fairly good time and I'm pleased you got something out of my session. I'm also quite sorry to hear you had the brush off from so many stall holders. I'm sure that it was probably just beer o'clock and they were distracted though shame on CJ for wasting the opportunity. The slides are all up on slideshare including mine and the London SEO Pissup crowd are having a session of drinking after day one of SMX so pop by if you've got any questions and I'll be happy to help in any way I can :-) Hi! Glad you had a fairly good time and I’m pleased you got something out of my session. I’m also quite sorry to hear you had the brush off from so many stall holders. I’m sure that it was probably just beer o’clock and they were distracted though shame on CJ for wasting the opportunity.

The slides are all up on slideshare including mine and the London SEO Pissup crowd are having a session of drinking after day one of SMX so pop by if you’ve got any questions and I’ll be happy to help in any way I can :-)

]]> By: Jason Dale http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-3910 Jason Dale Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:04:34 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=194#comment-3910 I'm a bit surprised by CJ - having chatted with them lately about getting back working with them I've found them pretty good. What I find at these events is that (and I do it myself) you tend to end up often chatting/catching up with the same people and perhaps often miss new faces. It's often only when you get back to the office and login to A4U and read the "i was there thanks" posts that you discover how many people you've missed. But, don't be overly disheartened about having short chats - the main thing is you introduced yourself - see it as a start! That said even old timers found that some of the exhibitors weren't overly approachable. The lady at TalkTalk for example was keener to read affiliatebitch than waste her time talking to me. Disappointing and won't be forgotten, but reality is we're probably never do anything for them anyway (but now we're not ever likely to bother trying). Anyway take the positives from it all... build on things and next you hopefully you'll be having merchants/networks looking for you (and then you can ignore them back LOL)! Jason I’m a bit surprised by CJ – having chatted with them lately about getting back working with them I’ve found them pretty good.

What I find at these events is that (and I do it myself) you tend to end up often chatting/catching up with the same people and perhaps often miss new faces. It’s often only when you get back to the office and login to A4U and read the “i was there thanks” posts that you discover how many people you’ve missed.

But, don’t be overly disheartened about having short chats – the main thing is you introduced yourself – see it as a start!

That said even old timers found that some of the exhibitors weren’t overly approachable. The lady at TalkTalk for example was keener to read affiliatebitch than waste her time talking to me. Disappointing and won’t be forgotten, but reality is we’re probably never do anything for them anyway (but now we’re not ever likely to bother trying).

Anyway take the positives from it all… build on things and next you hopefully you’ll be having merchants/networks looking for you (and then you can ignore them back LOL)!

Jason

]]> By: Andy http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Andy Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:55:22 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=194#comment-3909 Karen - I really wouldn't bother. CJ just aren't worth the effort. We were with them for a while and they were so far beyond useless that you'd need a whole new set of adjectives to describe them. They have some merchants that we'd really, really like to work with - but there's plenty more out there signed up to the good networks. Karen – I really wouldn’t bother. CJ just aren’t worth the effort. We were with them for a while and they were so far beyond useless that you’d need a whole new set of adjectives to describe them. They have some merchants that we’d really, really like to work with – but there’s plenty more out there signed up to the good networks.

]]> By: Karen http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-3908 Karen Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:41:32 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=194#comment-3908 That's a good write up - as a newbie it's a bit disheartening to read of your experience with CJ. If it's true that 10% of the affiliates produce 90% of the sales then you can understand it - sort of. But by the same token it means that 1 out of every 10 people who joined their network today could turn out to be a Super Affiliate - and no-one knows who it's going to be - so as Kirsty says, surely you can't afford to dismiss anyone. That kind of thing would put me off joining them but they have a couple of merchants I could do with signing up with so hopefully they'll be kind to me! That’s a good write up – as a newbie it’s a bit disheartening to read of your experience with CJ.

If it’s true that 10% of the affiliates produce 90% of the sales then you can understand it – sort of. But by the same token it means that 1 out of every 10 people who joined their network today could turn out to be a Super Affiliate – and no-one knows who it’s going to be – so as Kirsty says, surely you can’t afford to dismiss anyone.

That kind of thing would put me off joining them but they have a couple of merchants I could do with signing up with so hopefully they’ll be kind to me!

]]> By: Vikki http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-3907 Vikki Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:53:55 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=194#comment-3907 Hi Rich and Kirsty, Great post, as a newbie affiliate myself (although experienced in other areas of affiliate marketing) I was equally as shocked at the response from a couple of networks. One asked me if I had banners on my site!! Others were great though, I asked a couple about bespoke banners for fashion retailers and I was turned down on a couple of occasions, but a big thanks to Roz at buy.at/ Platform A for getting back to me about Next banners! Kirsty, sorry for acting a bit like a star struck teenager when I introduced myself in the ladies :) Great to meet everyone bring on the next expo! Hi Rich and Kirsty,

Great post, as a newbie affiliate myself (although experienced in other areas of affiliate marketing) I was equally as shocked at the response from a couple of networks. One asked me if I had banners on my site!!

Others were great though, I asked a couple about bespoke banners for fashion retailers and I was turned down on a couple of occasions, but a big thanks to Roz at buy.at/ Platform A for getting back to me about Next banners!

Kirsty, sorry for acting a bit like a star struck teenager when I introduced myself in the ladies :)

Great to meet everyone bring on the next expo!

]]> By: Yefi http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-3906 Yefi Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:19:52 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=194#comment-3906 Hi Rich, Great summary! It was my first A4UEXPO and It was a great event, I'm so happy I had the chance to meet so many interseting people. C U, Yefi Hi Rich,
Great summary! It was my first A4UEXPO and It was a great event, I’m so happy I had the chance to meet so many interseting people.
C U,
Yefi

]]> By: matt http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/general/expo-eye-from-the-newbie-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-3905 matt Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:09:02 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=194#comment-3905 Rich, we chatted a bit at Ignite, I recall you were a bit disheartened re your earnings to date in relation to (for instance) you train fare ;-) It seems you've had a good morale boost from your mates here, tops. Remember business is a bit like a card game, you have to be at the table to have a chance to win. Few people score on their first try (& most give up too soon). It's a journey too, not knowing where it'll end up is part of the fun, and the people you meet and places you pass through are all part of the fun. If that's all a bit clichéd, that's because it's true. So stick with it, you're a smart & likeable guy, you'll do fine. & hey what else you gonna do, watch Eastenders 5 times a week? I don't think so ... Rich, we chatted a bit at Ignite, I recall you were a bit disheartened re your earnings to date in relation to (for instance) you train fare ;-)

It seems you’ve had a good morale boost from your mates here, tops.

Remember business is a bit like a card game, you have to be at the table to have a chance to win. Few people score on their first try (& most give up too soon).

It’s a journey too, not knowing where it’ll end up is part of the fun, and the people you meet and places you pass through are all part of the fun.

If that’s all a bit clichéd, that’s because it’s true.

So stick with it, you’re a smart & likeable guy, you’ll do fine.

& hey what else you gonna do, watch Eastenders 5 times a week? I don’t think so …

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